A dance in the mists of time: Youth Ballet Ensemble Taiwan in Metaphor
Visually, it is insanely appealing and gorgeously lit. There are occasional, brief, brighter moments, but Metaphor is a dance in the shadows.
Taiwan/臺灣
Taiwan students in two evenings of top-notch dance: Focus Dance Company 2023
Two fine programmes both featuring a reworking of Ihsan Rustem’s super, tongue-in-cheek Bolero and Tsai Po-cheng’s (蔡博丞) new Dreaminess
Imagination made visible: Boris Charmatz’ Somnole
One man. One light. A bare stage. In a way it’s as minimalist as it sounds. But in another, anything but
L-E-V in Chapter 3: The Brutal Journey of the Heart
A feverish, pulsating, visceral dance in which salsa, voguing, rave and clubbing run up against balletic moments and more
Translating a divergent body
David Agudelo Restrepo on a work that asks how translatable is the disabled experience to those who do not inhabit bodies with such limitations
B.DANCE in The Cell: a mesmerising look at self conversation in a time of chaos
Riveting choreography. By looking at the madness we…have gone through, Tsai Po-Cheng invites the audience to let go, explore our deeper feelings
Dreams, determination, passion: Ballet in Tandem looks at the state of ballet in Taiwan
A look at the scene as it is through the eyes of the dancers past and present, while glancing back at some of the history of ballet on the island
Sun Shier Dance Theatre: In Time You Will 2.0
Perhaps best described as a collection of dance essays. Some overlap, some do not… but the underlying theme of time is never too far away.
Edinburgh Fringe: Two from Taiwan, Shinehouse Theatre and Chou Kuan-Jou
The Whisper of the Waves is very, very stylish and has a lovely pace and rhythm. It comes with depth and intensity